A judge has ruled that Jamie Spears’ conservatorship over his daughter, Britney, will be in effect for another four months, until July 31. The conservatorship can potentially be lifted before that time if Britney shows more progress. By most accounts she is doing well under her father’s guardianship. She has had multiple visits with her two toddler sons, something that may not have been possible if her father hadn’t stepped in to help.

Britney is also teaching dance classes to children at Millenium Dance Studio. Yesterday People had a cute story from one of her little students. A five-year-old girl in her class said “I like Britney. Today, first we were dancing slow, and then faster and faster … Then we did the fish-move and lots of other fun things.” The girl’s mom told People that Britney has inspired her daughter and that she was “amazing… with the kids.” What’s more is that Britney even gave a gift to the girl, a picture of Tinkerbell.

Nefarious character Sam Lutfi has vowed to fight the restraining order against him when it runs out on March 17 and vows to put Britney on the witness stand to attest how he was “helping” her. There are countless witnesses who can testify how he manipulated, controlled and verbally abused Britney. He may even be partially accountable for the way that she lost visitation rights with her boys. Yesterday we reported a story from In Touch in which Britney’s former assistant talked about how Sam tried to get to Britney through her, asking her to meet him at a Starbucks under the guise of having “incriminating evidence” against the star, which he was never able to produce. Sam had yet to meet Britney at that time. Britney’s one-time assistant was later shocked to see a picture of Sam with Britney, calling him a “creep” and “stalkerish.”

According to a source quoted in People, Britney is currently happy under her father’s care. She’s certainly doing better now, and she must appreciate being able to spend so much time with her boys.

Here is Britney out shopping yesterday, thanks to Splash and WENN. She does look pregnant from some angles, but that could just be a little weight gain. The National Enquirer is set to report that she aborted Adnan’s baby. We’ll have to see if they have any insider information or other evidence or if they’re just widely speculating.